"luxuriant" meaning in English

See luxuriant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /lʌɡˈzjʊəɹi.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ləɡ-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ɔːɹi.ənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ləɡˈʒʊɹi.ənt/ [General-American], /ləkˈʃʊɹi.ənt/ [General-American], /-ɝi.ənt/ [General-American] Forms: more luxuriant [comparative], most luxuriant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns, past participle of lūxuriō, itself from lūxuria (“luxury, excess”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|lūxuriāns}} Borrowed from Latin lūxuriāns Head templates: {{en-adj}} luxuriant (comparative more luxuriant, superlative most luxuriant)
  1. Abundant in growth or detail. Derived forms: luxuriance, luxuriant flower, luxuriantly, luxuriantness, overluxuriant, unluxuriant Related terms: luxury, luxurious Translations (abundant in growth or detail): փարթամ (pʻartʻam) (Armenian), пищен (pišten) (Bulgarian), изобилен (izobilen) (Bulgarian), 豐富 (Chinese Mandarin), 丰富 (fēngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), (Chinese Mandarin), (yù) (Chinese Mandarin), (wèi) (Chinese Mandarin), (mào) (Chinese Mandarin), 繁茂 (fánmào) (Chinese Mandarin), 莽莽 (mǎngmǎng) (Chinese Mandarin), weelderig (Dutch), welig (Dutch), luxueus (Dutch), rehevä (note: in growth) (Finnish), luxuriant (French), vizoso (Galician), üppig (German), geil [archaic] (German), άφθονο (áfthono) (Greek), abundanta (Ido), rábach (Irish), uaibhreach (Irish), fásmhar (Irish), tiubh (Irish), borrchas (Irish), sómasach (Irish), lussureggiante (Italian), rigoglioso (Italian), 繁茂した (hanmo shita) (alt: はんもした) (Japanese), 鬱勃 (yùbó) (Literary Chinese), huawai (Maori), пы́шный (pýšnyj) (Russian), бу́йный (bújnyj) (Russian), густо́й (gustój) (english: thick) (Russian), roch (Scots), lujuriante (Spanish)
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      ],
      "word": "geil"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áfthono",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "άφθονο"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "abundanta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "rábach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "uaibhreach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "fásmhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "tiubh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "borrchas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "sómasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "lussureggiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "rigoglioso"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんもした",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hanmo shita",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "繁茂した"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "huawai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pýšnyj",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "пы́шный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bújnyj",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "бу́йный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "thick",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gustój",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "густо́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "roch"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "abundant in growth or detail",
      "word": "lujuriante"
    }
  ],
  "word": "luxuriant"
}

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